Colonel's epaulette of the 50th Infantry Regiment of Bialystok

Cloth, brass, gilding. An original and quite rare epaulette in very good collector's condition. Minor traces of restoration of the field under the ciphers, contamination of the braid, minor losses from moths. Guarantee of authenticity. The 50th Infantry Regiment of Bialystok is an infantry military unit of the Russian Imperial Army. Seniority — May 12, 1807. The regimental holiday is November 16. The Bialystok Musketeer Regiment was formed on August 12, 1807 from three garrison battalions, "in honor of the bravery they displayed during the defense of Danzig in 1807," consisting of one grenadier and two Musketeer battalions, each of four companies. On February 22, 1811, the regiment was designated an infantry regiment, and on November 19, the 4th battalion, a reserve, was formed from three companies, which was then abolished in 1814.